Changeable sign.



No. 795,074. PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

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No. 795,074. PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

' P. M. STAMBAOK.

GHANGBABLE SIGN. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11, 1904.

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wi/h gaoooa NITED STATES Patented July 18, 1905.

FRANCIS M. STAMBACK, OF SEDGIVICK, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO C. L. BAIRD, OF BENTLEY, KANSAS.

CHANGEABLE SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,074, dated July 18, 1905. Application filed August 17, 1904.' Serial No. 221,119.

To all w/wnt it vruty concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. STAMBAcK,

a citizen of the United States, residing in Sedgwick, State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Changeable Signs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to signs, and more particularly to that class known as salecards, the object of the invention being to provide a construction embodying letters, figures, or other characters which may be differently arranged or which may be removed in whole or in part for substitution of other characters.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation of the card. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation with the back removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in a plane including one of the clamping-springs. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation. Fig. 5 is a section taken through the letters. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the members of the mat on a reduced scale. Fig. 7 is a sectional view through one of the letters, showing the concave of its rear face.

Referring now to the drawings, the present sales-card comprises a frame 5, which is rabbeted at its back, as in an ordinary pictureframe, to present a shoulder or bead 6, against which is placed a glass 7. A mat is provided consisting of the two members 8 and 9, which are disposed against the rear face of the glass, in which position they are held by securing means, such as tacks 10, driven into the frame. Each of the members 8 and 9 form two sides of a s uare, and there is thus providcd a sectiona mat. .If the mat were all in one piece, then there would be some difflculty in removing it from beneath the tacks 10; but with the present arrangement it is very simple.

In the present construction there are shown a number of letters 11, spelling the word price, and also other characters 12, indieating five cents. Each of these characters is disposed with its outer face against the glass 7, these characters being formed, preferably, of stiff pasteboard and being also embossed, so that they are concaved at their backs. T 0 hold the characters in place against the glass, a backing is provided consisting of a board or other plate 15, which is stiff and upon the front face of which is a pad 16, having a cloth face, which permits of pinning of a cover 17 thereagainst, so that the cover may be removed for substitution of a different one at any time. The backing is placed to bear against the characters and against the glass between the characters, and bowed spring-plates 19 are pivoted to the back plate 15, so that they may be engaged with cleats 20, secured to the rear face of the frame 5 and spaced slightly therefrom at the inner edges of the frame. The spring-plates serve to hold the backing-plate with the pad pressed against the concaved faces of the characters, so that the pad and its facing is pressed in part into the concavities of the characters and serves to hold them against slipping. By thus concaving the characters any ordinary material, such as tissue paper or a light cloth that may be used as a facing for the pad, will be readily forced into the characters, and thus a variety of materials may be employed as facings. Furthermore, the formation of the mat permits it to be readily removed for substitution of a different mat.

What is claimed is An article of the class described comprising a frame, a glass in the frame, a plurality of characters against the rear face of the glass and having their rear faces concaved, a back ing having a padded'face disposed against the characters and adapted to be forced into the concavities thereof, and means for clamping said back with its padded face in active relation to said characters.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS M. STAMBACK.

Witnesses:

HENRY KELLER, FRANCIS M. WATTS. 

